Provisional IRA Ends Ceasefire, Bombs Canary Wharf February 9, 1996
The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
Date: February 9, 1996
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